Drug War

You Can Now Buy Legal Recreational Marijuana In California

The first state to legalize medical cannabis becomes the most populous to allow recreational use.
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Will Blacks Also Get Treatment Not Jail For Opioid Addiction?

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How A Secretive Police Squad Racked Up Kills In Duterte's Drug War

An intimate portrait of how a secretive anti-drug unit mobilized and killed - then vanished to await new orders.
By Clare Baldwin and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters

Drug Users Are Forming Unions To Protect Their Rights And Safety

Self-organized groups of opioid users are working together to stay alive and fight the stigma of drug use -- even if they’re not trying to quit.
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Norway’s Parliament Votes To Decriminalize All Drug Use

“This is the start of a big rush reform. Now a big effort is being done to switch the system from punishment to help.”
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Los Angeles Is Set To Become The Largest U.S. City With Legal Marijuana

“We do big stuff, that’s who we are, that’s how we roll."
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October Was Mexico's Deadliest Month On Record

There has been an average of 69 killings per day in the crisis-torn country this year.
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In These States, Past Marijuana Crimes Can Go Away

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Letting Them Die: The Stigma Of Heroin Addiction And The Expanding Epidemic

Nobody knows better than the mother of a heroin addict that stigma breeds death.
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Feds Prepare For A New War On Kratom, An Herbal Drug Many Swear By

The DEA had previously tried to ban it. Now the FDA is leading the charge.
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